K6ET 2060 - Crisis and Disaster Management

Confronted with multiple threats to their existence, large cities have invested in crisis preparedness. The course will introduce students to concepts and instruments related to crisis and disaster preparedness and reflect on what happens when a crisis occurs. During the semester, students will work on the city of Paris and how it prepares for crises involving tourists (flooding, heatwave, terrorism). In the process, they will apply the different instruments and concepts presented in the course, gaining a better understanding of the difficulties attached to governing critical situations.

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12 of 2 hours sessions.

This module is valid for 4 ECTS

Students will be required to hand in an individual note during the first half of the semester, based on a literature review of how cities with a large tourist population engage in crisis preparedness (30% of final grade). They will also work in small groups during the semester, collecting data on how the city of Paris will deal with tourists in case of a large-scale crisis. They will present at the end of the semester a ppt of their main findings, followed by a written report formulating policy recommendations (60% of final grade). Finally, they will be encouraged to participle in class discussions during the semester (10% of final grade).

3 to 6 hours per week. For each session, students will have a paper to read. They will also be required to identify academic papers on the topic of tourism and crises in cities in order to produce an individual note. They will collect and organize data for their group project and prepare collectively an oral and a written presentation of their findings and recommendations.